Universal multifractal Martian topography

Landais, F.; Schmidt, F.; Lovejoy, S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-713-2015

Articles | Volume 22, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-713-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-713-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 6

Research article

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30 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 30 Nov 2015

Universal multifractal Martian topography

F. Landais, F. Schmidt, and S. Lovejoy

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Final revised paper (published on 30 Nov 2015)
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RC C302: 'Minor/major revisions', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Aug 2015
- AC C444: 'Answers to Anonymous Referee #1', Francois Landais, 22 Sep 2015
RC C333: 'Report', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Aug 2015
- AC C445: 'Answers to Anonymous Referee #2', Francois Landais, 22 Sep 2015

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AR by Francois Landais on behalf of the Authors (05 Oct 2015) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Oct 2015) by Luciano Telesca

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (17 Oct 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Nov 2015)

ED: Publish as is (06 Nov 2015) by Luciano Telesca

AR by Francois Landais on behalf of the Authors (16 Nov 2015)

Short summary

In the present study, we investigate the scaling properties of the topography of Mars. Planetary topographic fields are well known to exhibit (mono)fractal behavior. Indeed, fractal formalism is efficient in reproducing the variability observed in topography. Our results suggest a multifractal behavior from the planetary scale down to 10 km. From 10 km to 300 m, the topography seems to be simple monofractal.